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Rise of Athena Chapter 74
Crickets chirped and the night wind blew as thick, dark smoke rose in the air. The cave was pitch black and dead bodies lay on the ground, their blood, washed away by the lightning that had eaten them up. The trucks that had crashed against one another had water and oil trickling from it and onto the ground to form a pool of water coated with an oily rainbow membrane. From one of the mangled vehicles, a door fell to the ground with a crash and someone stepped out of the truck looking eerie. It was one of the warriors. He wasn't dead after all but he had a deathly look and was pale to the core. The skin surrounding his eyes had traces of blood and his hair had thinned so noticeably. Snarling, it began to move away from the truck in the northern direction that led to the entrance of the forest and soon, other similar looking men who had been warriors pushed out of the trucks as they followed the trail of the first person. It was nearing evening and there was no sign
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Trevor knew he must travel as fast as he could to beat time. So as soon as he was out of the Antarti gates, he began to run with great speed, whizzing past buildings and structures trees as he left raised dust in his wake. He traveled through the darkness and his eyes were his only source of enhanced vision. In less than two hours, he had gotten to his destination. He stopped when he got to the entrance of the forest of desolation, breathing heavily and trying to catch his breath. He had to be careful while entering this forest or he would be eaten up by wraiths and evil spirits. He had no idea where the cave was located but he knew he was going to have to try his luck. He looked around him before proceeding into the forest. It was dark and crickets chirped, followed by the croak of frogs in the nearby streams. Trevor pushed past bushes as he made his way into the deepest parts of the forest. As he moved deeper into the forest, he felt like things weren't as bad
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All night, Athena tossed in bed. She couldn't sleep. All that ran through her mind was the attack she felt was going to come upon Antarti. Infact, she had a lot of things in her head and she couldn't quite place them properly. She was afraid. Athena had never admitted being afraid to anyone and sometimes, she lied to herself that she could take care of literally anything. So it made sense that she could feel intense fear tonight. Shivers ran down her spine and the more she tried to sleep, the more sleep evaded her. She made a final turn and was facing the window. The curtains weren't drawn as she had asked her maid not to touch it. As she looked out of her window, her eyes fleeted over the night stars that seemed to be prominent tonight. After a few minutes of watching the dark skies, she began to feel a sense of relief. Her eyes were trained on the nearly full moon as tomorrow was going to be a full moon and the time she would be crowned King. Slowly,
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"Did you hear that?" Ciara who had been sleeping on the couch immediately sat up. She had been asleep but tbe piercing cry of a strange creature tore through the air and woke her up. It was Alex who had asked that question and Ciara immediately left the chair she was seated on to check on him. "You're awake," She whispered and also checked Daniel. But the man was in a deep sleep. Turning back her attention to Alex, she asked. "Are you good? How do you feel?" "Peachy." Alex replied. "Though, I wonder if Daniel feels the same way. I was able to tap into his dreams and he's having quite a nightmare. Don't wake him up. His nightmares are a form of visions." "I know." Ciara replied. "What's a Wyvern doing here at this time? They are only present in winter and blood moons." Alex sat up with a bit of difficulty but he was okay. He looked at the narrow tube connected to his arms and then at Ciara who sighed and gently pulled it off. She wiped his broken skin with
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The cry of the bird kept piercing into the air from time to time and this woke people up. Inhabitants of Antarti were all wide awake and they either peeked through the slightly opened curtains or wide opened windows. Some of the men stepped outside and were talking as they stared into the night skies. "A Wyvern hasn't flown into Antarti for thirty years. What is it doing here?" Yuri, one of the men in the group, more outspoken, asked no one in particular. "Whenever it does, it means that whoever is going to reign would have an interesting one." "Note that being interesting doesn't mean it's going to be a good reign. There might be wars, lots of death, misunderstanding and Royal battles and there might also be economic growth, celebrations and victory. But we do not know which." Henry sighed. He was an astrologer but that had been a long time ago. Though he still predicted through the stars, he didn't fully practice astrology. All of the men were looking at him alr
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"A Wyvern appeared for the first time ages ago. Around 800 AD. It came with a storm and piercing cry and human beings seeing the large creature as a threat, began finding ways to bring it to its death." Everyone who was seated at the empty dining table was listening. It was almost four o'clock and the inhabitants of the palace were awake. The people at the table consisted mostly of men, female shamans and other women of influence. As usual, Athena sat at the head of the table. They all listened as one of the oldest historians spoke. "The first place it appeared was in Northern Europe. The Celtic region. Those were the first people who saw it. A lot of people saw it as the end of the world while the mighty King of Cornwall saw it as something to defeat. They waged war on the Wyvern and the men lost as the Wyvern consumed them all with flames or scattered their battle ground with its large, powerful talons. People died a lot and for years, fighting this Wyvern seemed to be f
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It smelt on the air. The wind of celebration. The spirit of festivity. Though it couldn't be compared to the Festival Of The Lunatic, everyone was anticipating this. Not just because they were excited but because they were curious. They wanted to witness the crowning of the first woman as King in Antarti and people had traveled from far and wide to witness this special occasion. Athena had been awoken by her maids as early as six. And that was because they wanted to make all the necessary adjustments to her dress. She had been used as a mannequin all morning while the rest of the people slept. Once they were done with her fitting, she jumped back into her bed and went back to sleep. Alexander was up as early as five. When he woke up, he opened the curtains and began to dress up. He needed to move around as he had been immobile for a long time. Daniel and Ciara had left yesterday and in all honesty, Alexander couldn't remember the details of yesterday night as
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Alexander met Damien and Ciara kissing when he entered his room. They pulled away from each other as soon as he entered. "Why are you both in my room kissing by this time of the morning? Aren't you supposed to be at the palace getting ready for the ceremony?" Ciara stood to her feet and walked to the window. Daniel was the one to reply. "Well, we wanted to check up on you. See if you can move around and you're finally okay." Alex spread his arms . "As you can see, I am perfectly okay. I can even walk and talk, thanks for asking." Daniel chuckled. "Where are you coming from though?" "Oh, I took a walk to the cliff. Ciara, I couldn't find traces of blood back at the cliff." Ciara turned from the window. "Does it show that the sacrifice worked?" Alex nodded. He took a seat and poured himself a glass of water, gulping the whole thing down. "I saw that the palace was quite filled with activities." Ciara nodded. "No one is acting like a Wyvern visite
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